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by owebmaster 375 days ago
> I think the fantasy of going back hides the reality that new possibilities are always stretched out ahead.

It also hides the incapability of many to do what they should to succeed. Most people already know what they should do different to succeed without going back in time but still they do not have the will power to do it and they probably would still not have if they had a time machine.
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MangoToupe 375 days ago
Ironically, I think characterizing life as a question of success-or-not was THE major barrier in my life to finding the contentment I was actually looking for.
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owebmaster 375 days ago
Did you succeed in finding contentment after realizing that?
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MangoToupe 375 days ago
I think contentment finds you.
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jampekka 375 days ago
What do you mean by succeed? I find learning to not care so much about succeeding - at least in the usual criteria imposed by the society - is maybe the best thing I've learned since touch typing.
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owebmaster 375 days ago
> What do you mean by succeed?

Having an objective and achieving it. Not an overall expectation of winning in life but saying "I want to go to the gym 5x a week for 1 year" or "I want to be able to run 10km" and achieve it.

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